King'sPawn
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- Jul 1, 2003
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salty justice said:You are comparing 2 players 2 spots apart to 6 players 30+ spots apart.
Latendresse has a ton of skill and upside, maybe more than the others maybe not. But for 29 other professional scouting teams to pass up on a North American kid almost twice each, there had to have been something they didnt like about him in the combine or on the ice. I agree that my argument is certainly not always true, especially with Europeans, but to say a guy is clear cut above 5 other guys drafted much higher than him so close after the draft is a crazy statement.
Same thing if people think Cogliano is better than Bertram because he was drafted higher. I just focused on the Latendresse situation because the logic behind his assessment, not the assessment itself, is what I disagree with.
I was bracketing my argument with two extremes: a pair of players drafted one after the other, and a pair of players drafted 29 spaces apart.
But let's put it in this perspective, then:
Cogliano (25th overall)
Oshie (24)
Bergfors (23)
McArdle (21)
Bertram (54)
Sure, anyone who says Bertram is a clear cut over the other 4 is crazy, but to say Bertram is overrated because he was drafted 29 spots after the next closest player is crazy as well. I really have no problems if you think Latendresse is overrated. It's the reasoning behind it.
It could be that 29 teams think he's a lousy prospect and Montreal is the only team that likes him. However, I don't think bringing up draft position in this thread is applicable or appropriate. But I guess that's just me.